Lonoke County, Arkansas

Tax Deed76,389 residents

County research last verified 2026-07. Office holders, platforms, and deposit rules change — re-confirm anything time-sensitive.

Sale typestate default

Tax Deed

Redemption periodstate default

None after the sale — the owner's right ends at 4:00 p.m. the last business day before it (A.C.A. § 26-37-202)

Investor returnstate default

N/A — outright deed transfer

Governing statutestate default

Arkansas Code Title 26, Ch. 37 (§§ 26-37-202 sale and conveyance, 26-37-203 contest window)

Notes

Arkansas tax-deed path is STATE-run. Lonoke County Collector certifies delinquencies but does not auction land — Arkansas Commissioner of State Lands (COSL) runs public auctions and online post-auction sales (auction.cosl.org ~30 days after live sale). Cabot / Lonoke / England — eastern Little Rock MSA / I-40 corridor growth. Confirm COSL calendar and bidder rules before funding.

Auction logistics

Format

In-person / online (state COSL — not county-run)

Frequency

Annually or as scheduled by COSL (often regional multi-county); unsold to post-auction online

Platform

Arkansas Commissioner of State Lands — real estate auctions ↗

Deposit rules

COSL statewide registration, deposit, and payment rules apply at cosl.org / auction.cosl.org. County Collector does not take auction deposits.

Title risk

Liens that survive the sale

A COSL tax deed generally extinguishes most private liens that attached before the sale, subject to federal tax liens and interests preserved by statute or sale terms.

Quiet title

Often required in practice for insurable title after a state land tax deed.

Deal maths for Arkansas

Assessment ratio: 0.2× of market value
Typical quiet title: $2,500–$5,000 · 5 mo
Recording and transfer: $38

Arkansas assesses real property at 20% of true, actual or market value (A.C.A. § 26-26-303(c)); § 26-26-304 fails a county whose ratio study falls outside 18–22% of full fair market value. Measured across 1,669 Arkansas parcels carrying both figures, assessed/market was exactly 0.2000 on every one.

Offices and records

Tax collector

Lonoke County Collector (certifies delinquencies; does not run sale) ↗

Clerk of court

Lonoke County Circuit Clerk (land records) ↗

Property appraiser

Lonoke County Assessor ↗

GIS / parcel map

Lonoke County / COSL parcel research resources ↗

Areas trending up

Directional read from dated market analysis — not a guarantee, and not a substitute for your own comps.

Cabot / north Lonoke Little Rock commute belt

Strong school-driven SF demand and Little Rock MSA spillover

Ward / Austin I-67/167 growth fringe

Newer subdivision absorption with highway access toward NLR/Jacksonville

Lonoke city / county-seat agricultural edge

Local employment and more attainable pricing than Cabot cores